The film is not about the pervasiveness of TV and the exploitation of persons for entertainment purposes. That is a sub-plot. That is the premise. This film is a theological statement and is an indictment against all theistic belief, i.e. the belief that God participates in the life of man on Earth. The allusions are obvious. True-man is the play-thing of a wicked “Christ”of who controls every aspect of Truman’s life for his own pleasure and delight.
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